As a hands-on homeowner, you’re smart with your
investment—but there will always be the element of the unpredictable. Stay
ahead of life’s curveballs by keeping these tips (and tools) top-of-mind when
things go sideways.

1. Flooding

When water comes in a flash, get it out just as fast. Few
things can send us into a sudden panic as homeowners like a flood. Whether it’s
a burst pipe during your kitchen renovation, a malfunctioning appliance or nature
doing her best to rain on your plans, a powerful wet/dry vacis going to be the
peace-of-mind you need. (And industry-leading suction power doesn’t hurt,
either.)

2. Fallen Or Dead Trees and Limbs

That dried-up spruce next to your fence? A torch waiting to
blaze. That dead oak tree limb ready to fall on your deck? Future firewood.
The tall pine that a thunderstorm knocked over with a loud crack? Not the décor
you had in mind. Your best bet for a painless removal job after breaking down and
mulching these fallen giants is a tool that can both suck
up large debris and wood chips and
blow the dust off your deck and out of your yard.

3. Snowstorms

While they may seem idyllic the next morning, those
sparkling-white drifts of snow are quickly going to get in your way. Don’t let
hours of shoveling slow you down or stop you from getting out: try the
ingenious hack of using the suction power of this 12 Gallon Beast Series wet/dry vac from Vacmaster to suck up the snow as you go (just wheel it
seamlessly to the side and dump it out of the way). Alternately, you could
easily convert your vac to a “snow”-blower and blast your way out of the drifts.

4. Power Outage = Freezer Meltdown

When the power goes out, we expect it to be inconvenient.
But in the searing heat of summer, if it isn’t turned back on in a day or so,
other things start to go awry—the unexpected—like
a now-defrosting fridge and freezer. And if you have multiple freezers (like a
reach-in hunting/game cooler in the basement) you’ve got a nasty mess on hand.
The right wet/dry vaccan make the clean-up fast and easy: simply plug
into a generator, suck up the leaks and save those gleaming hardwood floors you
so painstakingly installed.

5. A Broken Water Line or Busted Water Heater

Never fun, and often in an area where you’ve got other
projects in the works—like the basement or garage shop—messy floods like a
broken water line or leaking water heater need to be fixed now. To keep the liquid portion under control while you deal with
the other pressing task at hand (actually fixing the appliance or calling in a
plumber) a super-fast, super-quiet wet/dry vac will be a lifesaver.

6. Broken Glass From A Hailstorm

Those teeny-tiny bits of hail during a random, early-spring
shower? Cute. The golf-ball-sized monstrosities smashing through your car
windshield—or worse, home windows when the wind turns—not so fun. Instead of
sweating the broken glass underfoot or near-invisible shards, let your Beast Series vac suck it up, down to the last splinter, while you
focus on the next steps of safety for your home and family.

7. Roof Damage From Big Storms

It’s unlikely (unless if you live in the Midwest), but big
storms can strip shingles off your roof, damage the overall structure and fling
unwanted debris and nails into the yard. Patching up the roof after such a
storm is better left to the pros, but once the big job is done, a powerful wet/dry vac can take care of another important (and often
overlooked) task: getting the dangerous bits of
building material and rubble off the lawn you’ve worked so hard on.

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† "Peak Horsepower" is a term used in the wet-dry vac industry for consumer comparison purposes. It does not denote the operational horsepower output of a wet-dry vac, but rather the horsepower output of a motor, including the motor’s inertial contribution, achieved in laboratory testing. In actual use, motors do not operate at the peak horsepower shown.